Ken Stanford

Three people, one a juvenile, were arrested by Gainesville police overnight and charged with burglary following a break-in on Aviation Boulevard.

Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Americans "want our border secured" and called Thursday for completion of a separating fence. Obama underscored his objections that the tough immigration law she signed is discriminatory.

The leaders of the Helen-to-the-Atlantic Balloon Race landed for the night Thursday near Saluda, South Carolina.

Tyson Foods Inc. on Thursday settled a decade-long dispute with the Labor Department by agreeing to pay workers at poultry plants for time they spend putting on and taking off protective clothing.

The owner of the Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Gainesville said Thursday he is not surprised Ford has decided to end production of the Mercury line of cars.

Georgia has joined the rest of the nation in requiring adults in pickup trucks to wear seat belts.

The Obama administration is blocking all new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after regulators approved a new permit for drilling in shallow water and shortly before new computer models were released showing the oil possibly reaching the East Coast by next month and then moving on toward Europe.

New claims for unemployment insurance fell for the second straight week, fresh evidence the job market is slowly improving.

South Carolina prison officials say an inmate who walked away from a minimum-security facility has been captured in Georgia.

Whirlpool Corp.'s Maytag unit is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers because of a fire hazard.